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“DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000--MOTION TO PROCEED” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Senate section on pages S10657-S10658 on Sept. 9, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2000--MOTION TO PROCEED
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to the Transportation appropriations bill:
Trent Lott, Pete V. Domenici, Paul Coverdell, Thad
Cochran, Pat Roberts, Jesse Helms, Judd Gregg, George
Voinovich, Ted Stevens, Slade Gorton, William V. Roth,
Jr., Bob Smith of New Hampshire, Craig Thomas, Michael
Crapo, James Inhofe, and Frank Murkowski.
Vote
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2084, the Transportation appropriations bill, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are required under the rule. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative assistant called the roll.
Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), are necessarily absent.
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows:
YEAS--49
AbrahamAllardAshcroftBennettBondBrownbackBunningBurnsCampbellCochranCollinsCoverdellCraigDeWineDomeniciEnziFitzgeraldFristGortonGrammGramsGrassleyGreggHagelHatchHelmsHutchinsonHutchisonInhofeJeffordsKylLottLugar MackMcConnellNicklesRobertsRothSantorumSessionsShelbySmith (NH)Smith (OR)SnoweSpecterStevensThomasThompsonThurmond
NAYS--49
AkakaBaucusBayhBidenBingamanBoxerBreauxBryanByrdChafeeClelandConradCrapoDaschleDoddDorganDurbinEdwardsFeingoldFeinsteinGrahamHarkinHollingsInouyeJohnsonKennedyKerreyKerryKohlLandrieuLautenbergLeahyLevinLiebermanLincolnMikulskiMoynihanMurrayReedReidRobbRockefellerSarbanesSchumerTorricelliVoinovichWarnerWellstoneWyden
NOT VOTING--2
McCainMurkowski
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Frist). On this vote, the yeas are 49 and nays are 49. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
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